JOE SOBRAN

JOE SOBRAN
The Reactionary Utopian

Joe Sobran received his B.A. in English from Eastern Michigan University and pursued graduate studies in English, specializing in Shakespeare. From 1969 to 1970 he taught English on a fellowship and lectured on Shakespeare.

In 1972, he went to work for National Review magazine, beginning what would be a 21-year stint, including 18 years as senior editor.

From 1979 to 1991, Mr. Sobran was a regular commentator on CBS Radio’s “Spectrum” series. Starting in 1979, his columns were syndicated by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate and later with Universal Press Syndicate and Griffin Internet Syndicate.

For 20 years, he wrote the weekly column “Washington Watch” for The Wanderer, a weekly Catholic newspaper. He has also written for nummerous other publications over the years including Human Life Review, Celebrate Life! and Chronicles magazine, for which he writes a quarterly essay.

Mr. Sobran is the author of three books. Single Issues: Essays on the Crucial Social Questions was published by The Human Life Press (New York, 1983) and is now available as a data CD. His book on the Shakespeare authorship question, titled Alias Shakespeare: Solving the Greatest Literary Mystery of All Time, was released in May 1997 by the Free Press. Hustler: The Clinton Legacy, a collection of essays selected and edited by Tom McPherren (with a foreword by Ann Coulter) was published in 2000 by Griffin Communications.

From 1994 to 2007, he was editor of SOBRAN’S: The Real News of the Month. a monthly newsletter of his essays and columns.

The copyrights for all of Mr. Sobran's columns and articles are owned by the Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation. His current writings (and some of his "classic" columns) are distributed in the FGF E-Package.

Here’s what people are saying about Joe Sobran:

“No one so explicitly or deftly connects what is happening in the world today to the loss of our freedom and the systematic usurpations of government — absolutely no one. Sobran is a cross between Mencken, Nock, and Cato’s letters.”
— Sheldon Richman, editor of The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty.

“Perhaps the finest columnist of our generation.”
— Patrick J. Buchanan

“Joe Sobran is a national treasure.”
— Llewellyn Rockwell Jr

Archives of
The Reactionary Utopian:

• August 7, 2008 – President Katrina

• July 24, 2008 – Apotheosis of the Lie

• July 10, 2008 – Unknown Unknowns

• July 3, 2008 – Obama and Abortion

• June 24, 2008 – Crime and Mercy

• June 3, 2008 – President Other

• March 6, 2008 – A Great Spirit Gone

• February 28, 2008 – Debts

• February 19, 2008 – Lincoln and His Legacy

• February 5, 2008 – Darwin and la Difference

• January 17, 2008 – Father Casey and Me

• January 15, 2008 – The Democrats